Tshwane Spartans
Tshwane Spartans were a city-based franchise team of the South African Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team was based at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
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| Personnel | ||
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| Captain | Heinrich Klaasen | |
| Coach | Mark Boucher | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa | |
| Founded | 2018 | |
| Dissolved | 2021 | |
| Home ground | SuperSport Park, Centurion | |
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Tshwane Spartans featured for the first two editions of the MLS in 2018 and 2019, before COVID-19 delayed the competition in 2020. The Spartans were dissolved in 2021 in response to the long planned reforms that occurred in domestic South African cricket that year. All six of the original city-based franchise teams in the Mzansi Super League have been replaced by eight new teams. These eight teams come from Division 1 of the new domestic structure, which in turn has returned to the more traditional pre-2004 province based format.[1]
2018 season
Squad
The squad for the inaugural 2018 season is:[2]
| # | Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Salary | Nat | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 2 | Rilee Rossouw | 32 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break |  | Overseas Kolpak | ||
| 8 | Theunis de Bruyn | 29 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 650 000 | | ||
| 24 | Sikandar Raza | 36 | Right Handed | Right arm Off Break | R 100 000 |  | Foreign Overseas | |
| 33 | Tony de Zorzi | 24 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break | R180 000 | | Rookie | |
| 64 | Dean Elgar | 34 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 150 000 | | ||
| Eoin Morgan | 35 | Left Handed | Right arm Medium |  | International Marquee | |||
| Wicket Keeper | ||||||||
| 10 | Gihahn Cloete | 29 | Left Handed | Right arm Off Break | R 250 000 | | ||
| 17 | AB de Villiers | 38 | Right Handed | | Protea Marquee & Captain[3] | |||
| All Rounders | ||||||||
| 12 | Sean Williams | 35 | Left Handed | Slow Left arm Orthodox | R 350 000 | | Foreign Overseas | |
| 46 | Shaun von Berg | 35 | Right Handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 75 000 | | ||
| 84 | Robbie Frylinck | 37 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 900 000 | | ||
| 88 | Jeevan Mendis | 39 | Left Handed | Right arm Leg Break | R 750 000 |  | Foreign Overseas | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
| 9 | Andrew Birch | 36 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast Medium | R 120 000 | | ||
| 19 | Rory Kleinveldt | 39 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium Fast | R 550 000 | | ||
| 65 | Lutho Sipamla | 23 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 200 000 | | Rookie | |
| 89 | Eldred Hawken | 32 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 50 000 | | ||
| Corbin Bosch | 27 | Right Handed | Right arm Medium | | ||||
| 22 | Lungi Ngidi | 26 | Right Handed | Right arm Fast | R 1 000 000 | | ||
- Rilee Rossouw replaces Sean Williams for the first week while Williams is on tour with Zimbabwe.[4]
Matches
The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018.[5](Start times given are South African Standard Time, UTC+2)
(H) Cape Town Blitz 180/4 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans 131 (19.3 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
Tshwane Spartans 203/5 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H) 202/6 (20 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Tshwane Spartans 139/9 (19 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H) 129/6 (16.3 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- Match was reduced to 19 overs due to rain.
- Rain stopped play during Durban Heat's innings.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 143/9 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H) 35/3 (5.1 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
- Lightning stopped play during Tshwane Spartans' innings.
References
- "Mzansi Super League set for expansion with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- "REVEALED: Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- Mohamed, Ashfak (2018-11-13). "AB de Villiers chosen as new Tshwane Spartans captain for Mzansi Super League". IOL. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- "Rossouw makes SA return for Tshwane Spartans". Sport24. 2018-11-07. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
- "CT Blitz to play Tshwane Spartans in MSL opener". Sport24. Retrieved 18 October 2018.